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Manpages GNOMESection: User Commands (1)Updated: GNOME 1.0 Index Return to Main Contents NAMEgnome-session - Starts up the GNOME desktop environmentSYNOPSISgnome-session [--choosesession] [--failsafe] [--purge-delay=DELAY] [--warn-delay=DELAY] [--suicide-delay=DELAY] [session-name]DESCRIPTIONThe gnome-session program starts up the GNOME desktop environment. This command is typically executed by your login manager (either gdm, xdm, or from your X startup scripts). It will load either your last session, or it will provide a default session for the user as defined by the system administrator (or the default GNOME installation on your system).You can optionally specify a specific session name to restore. gnome-session is an X11R6 session manager. It can manage GNOME applications as well as any X11R6 SM compliant. gnome-session uses the contents of the ~/.gnome/session file for starting up as specified by the "Current Sesssion" key in the ~/.gnome/session-options file. Various default values are provided in case the file entry does not exist. If the session file does not exist, gnome-session will use the contents of the /etc/gnome/default.session file. OPTIONSThe following options are supported:
ENVIRONMENTgnome-session accepts all of the standard environment variables used by gnome programs, other than the SESSION_MANAGER environment variable. [ xref to a manpage where this is documented. ] gnome-session also sets several environment variables for the use of its child processes.SESSION_MANAGER
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SEE ALSOdefault.session(5),save-session(1)BUGSIf you find bugs in the gnome-session program, please report these using bug-buddy or the gnome-bug script included with the GNOME libraries distribution.
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